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Sanral announces start of new R2.2bn phase of the N2 Wild Coast Road project
6th September 2024 By: Irma Venter

South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) CEO Reginald Demana has announced the start of Package 4 of the N2 Wild Coast Road (N2WCR) project in the Eastern Cape. The R2.2-billion phase... 


Location map of the Lance projects
Lance Projects – Ross and Kendrick production areas, US – update
6th September 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Peninsula Energy has reported “solid progress” on an operational restart before year-end. 


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Okiep copper project, South Africa – update
6th September 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Orion Minerals has been granted two high-priority prospecting rights over the greater Flat Mines Area surrounding the Flat Mines mining right.  


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Turquoise Ridge Complex, US
6th September 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine about 64 km north-east of Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada. 


DBSA approves $200m for Lobito Corridor Railway project
3rd September 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Development finance institution the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has, alongside the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), approved funding of up to $200-million... 


Peninsula’s Lance uranium project to restart in late Q4
Peninsula’s Lance uranium project to restart in late Q4
3rd September 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Lance uranium project, in Wyoming, US, is set to restart production late in the fourth quarter, Australia-listed Peninsula Energy reported on Tuesday. The company stated that site construction... 


South Africa is losing its trade competitiveness edge
2nd September 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Enormous investments are being made in ports, rail and transport logistics in Southern Africa, as well as more broadly in Africa, including by international companies and consortia. "Global... 


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Hillgrove gold/antimony project, Australia – update
30th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

An exploration drill rig is set to mobilise to the project. 


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Cozamin mine, Mexico
30th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A copper mine in the mineral-rich state of Zacatecas, in Mexico. 


LOcation map of the Bengwenyama mine
Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
30th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Southern Palladium has released a third mineral resource update for the UG2 reef to be used in the prefeasibility study. 


Wojciech Piorko, MD for Africa at Verti
Wojciech Piorko
30th August 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Wojciech Piorko, MD for Africa at Vertiv, which designs, manufactures and maintains mission-critical infrastructure technologies for co-location/cloud, telecommunications, and... 


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CoJ wants unified forum to address illegal mining scourge
29th August 2024 By: Darren Parker

The City of Johannesburg's (CoJ’s) Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD) has called for the establishment of a unified forum to address illegal mining, emphasising the need for... 


Orion MD and CEO Errol Smart
Orion granted water licence for Flat Mines project at Okiep
29th August 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals has been granted an integrated water-use licence (IWUL) for the pathfinder Flat Mines project at its Okiep copper project, in South Africa's Northern Cape... 


NJR Steel, Slim B&D and Ricasha to strengthen Gauteng’s road infrastructure
NJR Steel, Slim B&D and Ricasha to strengthen Gauteng’s road infrastructure
27th August 2024

In a significant stride toward improving Gauteng’s transportation network, Slim B&D Construction, assisted by Ricasha Build, has been awarded the tender for the roadworks on the dual carriageway... 


BHP teamed up with Lundin Mining in the buyout of Filo, with the aim of developing two copper mines in the Andes mountains of Argentina, along the border of Chile.
BHP's return to Argentina marks new hope for untapped copper mines
26th August 2024 By: Reuters

A new incentive regime for mining in Argentina is attracting major players such as BHP, who are starting to eye the South American country as the world's next frontier for copper, more than half a... 


Striking union workers at Chile's Caserones copper mine accept contract deal, Lundin says
Striking union workers at Chile's Caserones copper mine accept contract deal, Lundin says
26th August 2024 By: Reuters

Canada's Lundin Mining said Saturday it had reached an agreement with union workers at the Caserones copper mine in Chile after a strike that lasted nearly two weeks. A majority of union workers... 


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Tulu Kapi gold project, Ethiopia – update
23rd August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Kefi Gold and Copper is on track with early works at the project. 


Chilean court orders halt of union roadblocks at Caserones mine
22nd August 2024 By: Reuters

- A Chilean court ordered a striking union at the Caserones copper mine to stop blocking roads around the mine, according to a ruling released on Wednesday. Canada's Lundin Mining, which owns the... 


Cape Town Archbishop and Renewal Programme Patron Thabo Makgoba.
Mining companies need mechanisms to solve conflicts, Marikana memorial hears
20th August 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Mining companies need mechanisms to solve conflicts by reaching consensus with stakeholders on dealing with grievances and disputes, former Minerals Council South Africa VP and current Transnet... 


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Implementation of South Africa’s clean hydrogen ambition
16th August 2024

In the throes of a global energy transformation, South Africa emerges as a prominent player, leveraging its abundant renewable resources, particularly solar and wind power, to unlock the potential... 


A new ell B40E Autonomous articulated dump truck at the Hillhead event dumping sand
Autonomous trucks spotlighted at UK demo
16th August 2024 By: Halima Frost

South African earthmoving equipment manufacturer and supplier Bell Equipment used this year’s Hillhead 2024 exhibition, held in June at the Hillhead Quarry in Buxton, UK, as a platform to showcase... 


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Bengwenyama platinum group metals project, South Africa – update
16th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Southern Palladium has submitted the environmental-impact assessment report to the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy. 


Gold mineralisation in an ore sample from the Windfall project
Windfall gold project, Canada – update
16th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The development of Windfall is well advanced.  


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Pinto Valley mine, US
16th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A copper mine in the Globe-Miami mining district in Arizona, in the US. 


Vayu Robotics launches autonomous delivery robot in the US, signs deal for 2 500 units
9th August 2024 By: Irma Venter

California-based Vayu Robotics has announced the real-world deployment of an autonomous on-road delivery robot. The robot, combining AI models with low-cost sensing, is being rolled out in the US... 


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Minerals Council South Africa - Women in Mining
9th August 2024

Boitumelo (Tumi) Nkomo Is the Women in Mining Programme Specialist at Minerals Council. She is responsible for Minerals Council Women in Mining Programme, which consolidates the efforts of council... 


Location map of the Lance Projects
Lance Projects – Ross and Kendrick production areas, US – update
9th August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Plant construction and wellfield development activities are progressing on schedule and close to budget. 


Drilling to start imminently at Aterian’s Agdz project in Morocco
6th August 2024 By: Darren Parker

LSE-listed Aterian’s maiden scout drilling programme is set to begin imminently at the company's 100%-owned Agdz copper/silver project, which covers 34.5 km2 in the eastern Anti-Atlas mountains of... 


Komatsu introduces GD955-7R motor grader
Komatsu introduces GD955-7R motor grader
6th August 2024

Drastically improved all new mining motor grader is designed to build and maintain haul roads for truck fleets of 100 tons and up Komatsu is excited to introduce the new GD955-7R motor grader to... 


Hillgrove gold, antimony project PFS indicates plenty of upside
5th August 2024 By: Darren Parker

The results of Australia- and Germany-listed Larvotto Resources' prefeasibility study (PFS), completed on its 100%-owned Hillgrove gold and antimony project in New South Wales, shows promising... 


Tanzania launches $3.1bn railway in drive to boost infrastructure
2nd August 2024 By: Reuters

Tanzania on Thursday launched a 541 km modern standard gauge railway running between its administrative and commercial capitals, built by a Turkish firm as part of a government drive to improve... 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
2nd August 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is set to contribute to the world’s decarbonisation efforts. 


Steel production
Steel giant sees first demand ‘green shoots’ in years as GNU prioritises infrastructure and localisation
1st August 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), which has been bemoaning weak domestic demand conditions for several years, reports that it is witnessing signs of “green shoots” in manufacturing... 


The critical role of facilities management in mitigating extreme weather damage
The critical role of facilities management in mitigating extreme weather damage
1st August 2024

With increasing climate unpredictability, facilities management has emerged as a frontline defence against the destructive impact of extreme weather conditions. Planned and proactive maintenance... 


Lance project under construction
Lance uranium recovery plant modification proceeding on schedule, Peninsula says
31st July 2024 By: Darren Parker

Plant construction and wellfield development activities at ASX- and OTCQB-listed Peninsula Energy and its wholly-owned US subsidiary Strata Energy’s Lance project, in Wyoming, are progressing on... 


Harmony Gold’s Eva copper mine project
Qld govt provides A$20.7m grant to fund Harmony’s Eva copper mine project
30th July 2024 By: Darren Parker

Gold mining company Harmony Gold has welcomed a decision by the Queensland government, in Australia, to provide conditional grant funding of A$20.7-million to Harmony Gold’s Eva copper mine project... 


Construction and vocational training could alleviate youth unemployment
Construction and vocational training could alleviate youth unemployment
30th July 2024

By Olebogeng Manhe: Chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC) South Africa is faced with a severe youth unemployment crisis, disproportionately affecting underskilled workers. A key... 


Galileo engages company to start drilling in Zambia
29th July 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Galileo Resources has engaged a Zambian contractor to start a drill programme of about 700 m as part of the initial phase of exploration on licence 28001-HQ-LEL located in Zambia,... 


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Workshop created to increase Limpopo road safety
26th July 2024

Seventy-seven delegates gathered in Polokwane for a Limpopo Road Safety Programme (LRSP) Strategy Workshop organised by socioeconomic development mechanism Impact Catalyst, on behalf of its funding... 


Image of the Langer Heinrich mine operations
Langer Heinrich mine, Namibia
26th July 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A uranium mine in central western Namibia. 


coal on train
TFR boasts slight improvement but admits much work still to be done
24th July 2024 By: Darren Parker

Although there has been a “slight” improvement year-on-year in terms of State-owned Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) North Corridor performance, the beleaguered rail operator is “not out of the... 


Graham Dean, CHRYSO Business Development Director - Eastern Africa
Growing role for CHRYSO admixtures in East Africa's construction boom
23rd July 2024

With the construction sector in East Africa seeing an upswing, CHRYSO East Africa has grown its offerings to the market while ensuring its admixture solutions are targeted at local conditions.... 


New technology offers promise of speedy, compliant cross-border trade
22nd July 2024

New technology such as AI, data analytics and the Internet of Things offers exciting opportunities to enhance the safety and trade compliance of cross-border road shipments, while ensuring... 


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